Show Thread Enhancements - [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

Post Thank You Hack

STAFF EDIT:
Note - The mod author has been unreachable for some time, but the vbulletin.org community has stepped up to provide a number of individual fixes over the years. ForceHSS, Hippy, and Seven Skins have all combined many of these fixes into product files.

ALL CREDIT STILL GOES TO ABE1 And this is still 'his' mod. Please still mark the mod as installed if you use any version of it.

That said so you don't need to apply a dozen + small fixes yourself you should consider downloading one of the updated packages below:

Hippy has one in this post.

AND / OR

ForceHSS has one in this post.

AND/OR

Seven Skins has one in this post.


- Original File Specs: post_thanks_7_82.zip (26.4 KB, 24844 downloads) - Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).
- There are five total patched versions available, some with and without the search fix - I've replaced the main file with the patched versions... please be sure to download and install the correct version, the main mod post contains links to additional information and patched files!
- If Abe1 returns he can request these packages be removed.


About this hack:
One of the biggest problems on forums as you may know is 'posts boosting'. There are users who LOVE to say 'thanks' when ever they can. How can it hurt? Their post count goes up, they have nothing to loose.

There are also users who really like to express their thanks to post but don't like posting a post that looks like they're post boosting.

Then comes the moderators who have to delete people's thanks yous so a thread can look readable with out the thanks yous thrown around.

Finally comes the posters of these useful posts. They have no idea how many people really likes their posts if only some people say 'thanks'.

What this hack does is fix ALL these problems - except those users who like post boosting. This places a button called 'thanks.' When a user clicks on it, it places his username in a box right under the post saying that so-and-so says 'thanks' for the post. Every-one who clicks is placed in one box.

By giving your users the extra feature, you forum will look allot nice and organized. It is a guaranteed liking by ALL the members of your forum.


Features:

• Uses vBulletin easy Product installer/updater/uninstaller
• Uses AJAX technology so your users don't have to refresh when they thank.
• Places an easy to use button next to the edit button
• Separate looks for postbit and postbit_legacy
• Places all Thanks into one small box
• Uses only ONE query every time you view a showthread page!
• Users can't thank twice
• Option to not allow users to thank their own post
• Guests don't see 'thanks' button
• Counts how many thanks a user gives
• Counts how many thanks a post gets
• Shows how many thanks a user gave in every post of his
• Shows how many thanks a user gave in profile
• Shows how many thanks a user got
• Shows how many posts or a user are thanked
• Shows info in profile
• Search for a users thanked posts
• Search for all thanked posts
• Administrator can remove all Thanks from a single post
• Users can remove their own Thanks
• Turn on and off hack totally
• Turn on and off hack for only some forums
• Option to turn off hack for all but the first post of a thread
• Option to turn off hack for all but the first post of a thread in specific forums
• Option to turn off hack view of date for specific or all forums
• Option to add to post count when someone clicks 'thanks'.
• Option to give a user who receives thanks reputation points.
• Ban Usergroups
• Ban Users
• Uses Phrases
• Cache Templates
• Guaranteed to be liked by ALL users on your forum!

Installation information on hack:

• Files edited: 0
• Templates edited: 0
• Files to upload: 8
• Time to install: 1 minute max

Updates:


Version 7.80 (12/30/09):

• Release of this hack for vBulletin version 4.0

Version 7.81 (01/02/10):

• Fixed some install and uninstall database errors.
• Made styling for postbit legacy a little better.
• Fixed the "separator" issue.
• Javascript file updated.

Version 7.82 (01/03/10):

• Fixed info alignment issues in the postbit for custom edited phrases.

NOTE: *** Offer for paid services removed ***

[Nirjonadda]

Installed working fine.

[RustyF]

Anyway to get this to work with 4.1.1? I tried DBTech's didn't work don't understand why. Asked for help. help didn't help. I'd really like to get this working. Even better if it works with Experience. Thanks.

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by RustyF

Anyway to get this to work with 4.1.1? I tried DBTech's didn't work don't understand why. Asked for help. help didn't help. I'd really like to get this working. Even better if it works with Experience. Thanks.

it does work look at my sig

[Duncan]

Anyone know how I can get THANKED THREADS instead of THANKS POSTS?

EG: display thread titles instead of displaying in post format when clicking

...../post_thanks.php?do=findthanks_user_gave&u=1

[TheDevil666Damo]

I have installed and running Version 4.1.10 of vbulletin but it isn't working correctly, it says 2 people have thanked on a few occasions now when it was only me or someone else that has thanked, for example....

The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to ARRIVALS For This Useful Post:
Paul Murray (Today)

See here> http://www.graphicdesignforums.co.uk...html#post37275

Shouldn't that say the following 1 user? Also as an admin how am I supposed to delete other users thanks if I want to? As you can see from the above link it doesn't give me the option to 'Remove Posts' as the old version did.

Any ideas?

[MasterofWorlds]

is their anyway to make this work for v4.1.10 final, since when you try to import it says it does not work on this new build of the forums?

[Mark.B]

Have a look through the thread (just the recent pages will do), this has been answered many, many times now.

[MasterofWorlds]

thanks found it

[regd87]

I added my own personal button instead of the default thumbs up. How can I get the plain "Thanks" text to be removed but still have the button remain?

[TheDevil666Damo]

Anyone got any ideas with regards to my post above?